ALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN ADVOCACY AFRICA
(ACAA)
NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 2021
- About Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa (ACAA).
- Objectives
- Some Recent Activities
- Volunteers and Partners
- Inspirational Quote from the CEO
THE CEO, REV DR KWABENA OPUNI-FRIMPONG
What is the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa?
The Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa (ACAA) is a registered, not-for-profit, non-denominational and non-partisan Faith Based Organization.
It is a network of Individual Christian Leaders (Both Lay and Ordained) with varied Professional and Academic backgrounds who feel concerned about the current disconnect between the massive Christian presence and matters of public policy and sustainable development.ACAA believes that with sound values and perspectives, the Faith-Based Organizations must contribute to the shaping of worldviews of the people towards social transformation. The ACAA avoids becoming a ‘privileged partner’ for any political party or doing the bidding of any political party. The ACAA is always guided by the Bible, the national best interest, the common good of the people, and discernment through the Holy Spirit. The ACAA though an African focused and centered is Headquartered in Accra, Ghana.
OBJECTIVES
Specifically, the ACAA shall ensure the accomplishment of the following objectives:
- Create platforms for fellowship for individual Christians (both ordained and lay) and Christian groups who are into the Christian Advocacy Ministry;
- Build networks and partnerships with other ecumenical bodies to engage governments and policy makers on good governance, integrity in governance, sustainable politico-socio-economic development, credible elections, transparency, accountability etc.;
- Mobilize individual Christian leaders (both lay and ordained) and groups for social transformation through influencing public policies with faith values and perspectives;
- Pursue Research and Advocacy on Christian contributions to social transformation and Influence on public policies;
- Develop Christian education materials for use in congregations, homes, theological seminaries etc. on the church and public policy engagements;
- Serve as a resource center for Christian education materials on advocacy, national cohesion, attitudinal change, sustainable development, good governance, etc.;
- Develop and strengthen the capacity of Christin leaders for advocacy and influence on public policies through training, sensitization, consultancy, etc.; and
- Cultivate the next generation of ethical leaders with high levels of integrity for Christian, socio-political, business, professional leadership through the formation and operations of Advocacy Clubs in Academic Institutions, Congregations, Workplaces and Communities.
SOME RECENT ACTIVITIES
- ACAA together with Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) run an educative TV talk show known as “What is Next?”
- ACAA was invited to be a member of the Peace and Reconciliation Team of All African Conference of Churches from Eight African Countries (Kenya, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Uganda, DR Congo, Benin and Ghana) for Post-Election Peace and Reconciliation of the DR Congo at Kinshasa, February 4-8, 2019.
- ACAA was invited to facilitate a workshop, on sustainable Peace and Leadership Development, jointly organized by All African Conference of Churches and Christian Council of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia on June 4-6, 2019.
- ACAA was invited as the lead facilitator at a leadership conference at Angola, “Aldea ecuminica 2020, Cuanza Norte Jan 2020.
- We were also invited by UNFPA for a global conference, ICPD25 accelerating the promise in Nairobi, Kenya. November 2019.
- ACAA was invited as a facilitator in refresher training for the Eminent Persons Ecumenical Program for Peace in Africa (EPEPPA) organized by the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) in Nairobi, Kenya, August 2021.
- ACAA has been offered observer membership status on Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) of the Electoral Commission.
- ACAA was invited by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) to serve on its Eminent Persons Advisory Committee for 2020 General Elections.
- ACAA embarked on public education in 2020 General Education.
- ACAA was given accreditation to monitor the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
- We were able to observe the 2020 General Elections with 100 Pastors from different Churches and submitted a comprehensive report to, the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Some Churches, IGP and other bodies.
- ACAA was appointed as a key resource person for media reporting by Adom TV, Subsidiary of Multi-Media and GhanaWeb,
THE PROJECT MANAGER – JONAS TUFFOUR TWUM
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